Paintings: Winter Landscapes

It is a great day to finally say “hello” to spring and “goodbye” to winter! :) Sun coming out of the clouds makes me feel the first calendar day of spring even more… For the memory of this snowy cold winter I present my three acrylic winter landscapes I painted in the last couple of weeks during my art class.


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Getting Ready For Bologna Children’s Book Fair

In one month I’m going to Bologna, Italy to visit one of the biggest children’s book events – Bologna Children’s Book Fair! I’m very excited about it because of the scale of the conference, the possibility to meet a lot of wonderful artists and writers from all over the world and to show my own work in person.


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26 Feb 2010

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Charcoal Drawings: Landscape And Portrait

For the last five months I’ve been drawing a lot with charcoal. It was a totally strange medium for me at the beginning and it felt limiting because of it’s lack of bright colors. But over the time, as I started to feel more confident with a stick of a charcoal in my hand, I began to appreciate the nice texture, contrast and variety of techniques this medium offers.


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24 Feb 2010

My Peacock As Vector Of The Week On Istockphoto

It is truly a great and pleasant surprise to see my latest vector illustrations “Peacock at the sunset” chosen as vector of the week at Istockphoto! And even more great to receive all those nice reviews and comments about it! ;) Thank you all very much!



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Review: Oksancia And Istockphoto – Download 1000

It’s about time I wrote a review of my long-term relationship with micro-stock illustration and especially with Istockphoto. I waited till the day of my 1000th file download to share my experience with you all! :)



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Vector: Love Birds

 My romantic vector illustration I finished some time ago and was saving it to show you just before St. Valentine’s Day… This illustration of a couple of sweet birds in love cuddling in their nest is another vector style experiment and also a pastel colors experiment.



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